Montie FM contemnors head to Court for sentencing

The owners of Accra based Montie FM, embattled presenter of the station, Salifu Maase aka Mugabe and two panelists who were convicted for contempt by the Supreme Court last week, will re-appear Wednesday for sentencing.

The panelists, Godwin Ako Gunn and Alistair Nelson as well as owners of the radio station and the presenter were found guilty of contempt charges following threats by the panelists to kill the Judges.

The panelists, on a discussion programme on the station threatened to kill judges who ordered the deletion of over 56, 000 'illegal' names from the voters register.

They face a possible jail term or fine, although some legal experts predict the panelists especially are very likely to go to jail.

The host of the programme, Salifu Maase known as Mugabe, the two panellists and owners of the station appeared before the Supreme Court on Monday, July 18 after they were ordered by the Supreme Court to appear to answer for the charges.

Alistair Nelson told the court he suffered a condition, "kpokpo gbligbli" which forced him to make the contemptuous comments.

The contemnors pleaded guilty and the owners of the station through their counsel pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy.

They were found guilty and

ordered to re-appear before the court on July 27, 2016 for sentencing.

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